Bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting is a kind of Chinese painting named after its subject matter. Normally, most bird-and-flower paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting.

Subjects

According Chinese tradition, bird-and-flower painting covers "flowers, birds, fish, and insects" . It can thus deal with a wide range of natural topics, including flowers , fish, insects, birds, pets etc.

Varieties

According to painting technique:
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Representatives: Lin Liang , Qi Baishi , Zhang Daqian


*Fine-brush

**Fine-brush with Ink and Wash Painting

Representatives: Lin Liang , Ren Yi , Zhang Daqian
**Fine-brush with Colour

*** Fine-brush with Heavy Colour

*** Fine-brush with Light Colour

Representatives: , Lü Ji , Lin Liang , Zhang Daqian


*Freehand Style
**Great Freehand Style
**Slight Freehand Style

Representatives: Tang Yin , Xu Wei , Wu Changshuo , Ren Yi , Zhang Daqian


*Fine-brush with Freehand Style

Representatives: Lin Liang , Tang Yin , Zhang Daqian